Assessment of wetlands in the upper juniata watershed in Pennsylvania, USA using the hydrogeomorphic approach

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 432-445

  Wardrop, Denice H ^a   Kentula, Mary E ^b   Jensen, Susan F ^c   Stevens Jr , Donald L ^c   Hychka, Kristen C ^a   Brooks, Robert P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological condition; Functional assessment; Hydrogeomorphic assessment; Upper Juanita watershed; Wetland monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WATERSHED; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

JUNIATA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55949133404     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[432:AOWITU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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